Newcastle University

Architecture and Urban Planning BA Honours
UCAS Code: K190 (3 Years)

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Our degrees are divided into Stages. Each Stage lasts for an academic year and you need to complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each Stage.

Please be aware that programme modules do change and therefore may differ for your year of entry.

Stage 1

Compulsory modules 

• TCP1025 Social Worlds
• ARC1007 Architectural Design
• ARC1013 Architectural Technology I
• ARC1008 Principles and Theories of Architecture
• TCP1014 Planning Processes
• ARC1014 Architectural Technology II
• ARC1011 Intro to Architectural History
• APL1001 Introducing Alternative Practice

After completion of Stage 1, you may choose to transfer to Stage 2 of our BA Architecture (K100) degree or MPlan Urban Planning (K400) degree.

Students who wish to transfer will be assessed on individual merit, entry to Stage 2 of K100 is not guaranteed unless you have achieved 60% or more in Architectural Design (ARC1007).

Stage 2

Compulsory modules 

• TCP2028 Understanding Cities
• APL2001 Theories of Alternative Practice
• ARC2002 Twentieth Century Architecture
• TCP2027 Research Skills

Optional modules

You choose two of the following modules:

• TCP2005 Housing Policy
• TCP2006 Design & Neighbourhood
• TCP2023 Understanding Sustainable Development
• TCP2025 Researching Local Economies
• TCP2029 The planning professional
• TCP2030 Cities and Poverty: A global perspective

Stage 3

Compulsory modules 

• TCP3099 Dissertation
• TCP3049 Skills for Strategies
• APL3001 Alternative Practice: Co-Producing Space

Optional modules

You choose two modules from the following list:

• TCP3054 Planning Theory and Politics
• TCP3053 Development Management
• GEO3105 Young people, place and identity
• GEO3120 Putting a social science degree into practice
• GEO3122 Cities, Gender and Community
• SEL3339 Metropolis: Modernist Cities in Fiction and Film
• SOC3073 Social Theory